Indian government empowers itself to “fact check,” delete social media posts

Re:Indian government empowers itself to “fact check,” delete... by indy on Tuesday April 18, 2023 @02:26AM (#35610602)

The correspondence is with power.

Opposition parties are often anti-censorship, pro free speech etc. Once they come into power this all changes and they drift towards authoritarianism.

Western, left-leaning governments have invented the term "hate speech" to justify this behaviour, right-leaning governments would often use "family values".

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Re:Indian government empowers itself to “fact check,” delete... by wolverine876 on Sunday April 23, 2023 @04:30PM (#35680237)

Not every restriction on speech is the same.

Restricting hate speech protects the politically vulnerable, the minority, the oppressed. It's not a restriction on hate speech toward the government.

Restricting 'anti-family' speech protects the status quo, those in power, the political majority and oppresses the vulnerable minority. For example, look at the discrimination against LGTBQ people now.

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